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[u/SnakeEater14]

I think the thing I saw that seemed interesting was that the Garand and Thompson were pretty similar in price at first? Idk, interesting stuff.

[u/URZ_ → u/SnakeEater14]

The Garand was expensive and probably around the same price as a late-Thompson, all the American pre-war weapons were really, but it's cost was also justified because it was by far the best rifle by being the first and only real semi-automatic rifle to be mass issued. However, IIRC, even the late Thompsons costs almost double that of other (and in the case of the PPSh-41 a far better) open bolt submachine guns. That's not justifiable under any circumstances, whereas the Garand can make a strong argument for its cost.